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  • Raffensperger v. Jackson et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-21
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ross Warren Bergethon, Maximillian James Changus, Margaret Kemmerly Eckrote, Christopher M. Carr, Stephen John Petrany, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Melissa Angeleah Tracy, (Jarrard & Davis, LLP), Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Yasha Heidari, (Heidari Power Law Group, LLC), Atlanta, Renee D. Flaherty, (Institute for Justice), Arlington, Jaimie Cavanaugh, (Institute for Justice), Minneapolis, for appellee; Amy Lee Copeland, (Rouse & Copeland, LLC), Savannah, for Amicus Appellant; Anthony L. Cochran, Emma Cramer, (Smith, Gambrell & Russell), Atlanta, for Neutral Amicus; Maxwell Kent Thelen, (Ashby Thelen Lowry), Marietta, Eugene R. Curry, (Law Office of Eugene R. Curry), Barnstable, Joseph Diedrich, (Husch Blackwell LLP), Madison, Rebecca C. Furdek, (Husch Blackwell LLLP), Milwaukee, Abraham James Spung, (Husch Blackwell LLP), Chattanooga, Glenn A. Delk, (Lightmas & Delk), Atlanta, Wilson C. Freeman, (Pacific Legal Foundation.), Sacramento, Timothy Sandefur, (Scharf-Norton Center For Constitutional Litigation), Phoenix, Madison Hunter Kitchens, John Franklin Sacha, Jr., Seth Isaac Euster, (King & Spalding LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0017

    Statute Requiring Certification of Lactation Care Providers Violated Due Process Right to Practice Their Chosen Profession

  • Price v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-06-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kathleen Strang, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Chelsea Sharonlyn-Clyde Harvey, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Melinda April Wynne, Gregory W. Edwards, (Dougherty County District Attorney’s Office), Albany, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0063

    No Showing Made That Combined Trial of Drug-Sales and Murder Chargers Confused or Misled Jury

  • King v. King, Jr.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-06
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald R. Andersen, (Skinner Law Group), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael T. Fackler, John C.W. Cherneski, (Miliam Howard Nicandri & Gilliam, P.A.), Jacksonville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23Q0105

    Court determines that if a confidential relationship creates a duty to disclose, failure to adhere to that duty may constitute a breach of a fiduciary duty

  • Ward v. Medina

    Publication Date: 2023-06-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Ronald Edwards Daniels, (Daniels Taylor Law LLC), Eastman, for appellant.
    for defendant: Steven Chei-Ming Chen, (Steven C. Chen PC), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0264

    Court affirms grant of habeus relief to defendant who involuntarily pled guilty to armed robbery on the basis of affirmative misrepresentations

  • Moody v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-06-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William A. Morrison, (The Morrison Firm), Atlanta, Mark Aaron Loudon-Brown, Michael Boland Admirand, (Southern Center for Human Rights), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Burke Olivia Doherty, Michael Scott Carlson, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee; Anna Marie Arceneaux, (Georgia Resource Center), Atlanta, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S23P0046

    Court affirms convictions for murder and other crimes and a sentence of death over defendant's multiple challenges and in view of statutory requirements for the death penalty

  • Smith, Warden v. Chandler

    Publication Date: 2023-06-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Kammer, Chris Alviz. Alexandra Hofstetter, Lilly Nickels, Taylor Rinberger, (Mercer Habeas Project), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0224

    Court affirms petition for habeus relief where petitioner, who was convicted of child molestation, made claims of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel

  • Williams v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-06-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Devin Austin Rafus, Manubir Singh Arora, (The Aurora Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Chelsea Sharonlyn-Clyde Harvey, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Dane Jefferson Uhelski, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0203

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and firearm possession over defendant's multiple contentions of trial court error and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Blalock v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-06-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Michael Treadaway, (Treadaway & Treadaway), Marietta, Megan Webb Grout, (The Law Offices of Megan W. Grout), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Flynn Duncan Broady, Jr., (Cobb County District Attorney’s Office), Marietta, Christopher Mark DeNeve, (Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0259

    Court affirms malice murder convictions over defendant's challenge to timing of production of discovery and contentions of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • The State v. Harris

    Publication Date: 2023-06-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Kelcee Nikki Jones-Connor, Adam Robert Abbate, Michael Scott Carlson, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rickey L. Richardson, (Rickey L. Richardson PC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0090

    Supreme Court Had Jurisdiction to Hear States's Appeal From Pretrial Rulings That Were Never Reduced to Writing

  • The State v. Britton

    Publication Date: 2023-06-02
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Michael Scott Carlson, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Virginia Lee Davis, Kelcee Nikki Jones-Connor, Jayna Edwards, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jessica M. Sully, (Atlanta Circuit Public Defender’s Office), Atlanta, Lauren Beth Shubow, (Office of the Public Defender), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0102

    Affidavit Statement in Support of Search Warrant Did Not Contain Material Misrepresentation or Falsehood